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A Better Mouse Trap

01 Dec 2001

Executive Summary

By their very nature, successful new technological approaches to large, unmet clinical needs--the Holy Grail for companies and their investors--have to offer something new, something that the existing gold standard didn't. But it is precisely that innovative approach that gives physician pause. New technology is often too slowly adopted. If drug-eluting stents catch on in great numbers,, they may revive the debates about the value of technology.